Eva dressing Uncle Tom.
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Item data
Title
Eva dressing Uncle Tom.
Collection
Names
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Artist)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1852
Place: London
Publisher: John Cassell
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEM C955su (Stowe, H. E. B. Uncle Tom's cabin)
Subjects
African Americans -- Southern States
Enslaved persons -- Southern States
Slavery -- Southern States
Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)
Genres
Notes
Content: Arents copy accompanied by: Holograph note (2 p.), signed Hartford, June 30, 1891, beginning "Has there ever been a child like Eva? Yes."
Content: Arents copy: Parts issue; partly unopened.
Content: Called "the first English edition" by Hildreth, but cf. BAL 19518.
Content: Copy in MEM: Duyckinck Collection.
Content: Illustrations: 28 prints : wood engraving ; full-page. By T. Williams, Wm. Measom, M. Jackson and others, after Cruikshank. -- Vignette on t.p. (detail of a full-page ill.)
Content: Notice of "Mrs. Stowe and her family" (p. [xv]-xxii) largely based upon an article from Fraser's magazine, 1852,v. 46, p. 518-525.
Content: Originally issued in 13 weekly pts., beginning Oct. 23, 1852. Title page and other prelims. in pt. 13.
Content: Parts issue: Each pt. (no.) in buff paper covers. Publisher's and general advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers.
Content: Publisher's advertisements: p. [392]
Content: Spencer Coll. copy: Parts issue. A sheet of sketches preliminary to the plate facing p. 22, with the artist's autograph, is laid in no. 8.
Ownership: ARNBIP103
Statement Of Responsibility: by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with twenty-seven illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank, Esq.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14005110
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1852
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Eva dressing Uncle Tom." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1852). Eva dressing Uncle Tom. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Eva dressing Uncle Tom." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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